Early this morning, the M.S. ENDEAVOUR arrived off Brown Bluff, but we decided it was too windy and ice bound for a suitable landing. Instead, we sailed into the exciting Fridtjof Channel (a major krill region which often contains large numbers of penguins, whales, and seals) and passed through the famous 'Iceberg Alley' in bright sunshine as we headed into the Weddell Sea. There were plenty of tabular bergs left over from the break-up of the Larsen Ice Shelf a couple years ago. The eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula and the islands of the Weddell Sea are generally drier than the western side because the area sits in a 'rain shadow' produced by the peninsular mountain chain. This has created more ice-free landing sites, but the area also is notorious for sea ice and often is unapproachable by ships. As a result of the preponderance of sea ice, there is not much wildlife in the area. Later in the morning, we sailed into the Prince Gustav Channel and made a landing on the continent at a small peninsula called Bald Head. Our landing was on the eastern side of Bald Head and we walked over glacial till to the bay on the far side of the peninsula and had a beautiful view of icebergs and bergy bits blown onto and against the shore. A mummified leopard seal carcass was found along the way, as were numerous skeletal remains of other seals and penguins. From here, we sailed to Paulet Island.